Do I report or not?

[Cileymyrus2]

child A visits household with child B and C quite regularly
child A has for the last few years reported that child B (6) has been physically chastised by her parent lots of screaming crying - understandably child A doesn’t want to go (time is v limited at present)
child A reports it is a slap or pulling around

recently I overheard the other parent complaining that child B has been telling another family member that her parent hits her but blamed the child for exaggerating but admitted he does

i Am aware that there is heavy alcohol use regularly on weekends starting from afternoon time

parenta hold down jobs appear respectable and are very well off (doesn’t make a diff but just to give context)

do I report or not - as iv not seen myself and therefore can’t judge the extent but I do know it’s enough for child A to feel affected by it

This is really distressing to hear.
I would definitely report it.
You have a child’s account of physical abuse, a parent’s admission of this and some knowledge of excess alcohol use in this child’s home.
You have the power to help this child, please don’t hesitate to use it.
During my time as a parent I have had concerns for 4 children ( 3 different households).
I reported all, it was not easy as one father was volatile and had access to firearms and suspected that it was me who made the report.
3 of the 4 children were removed from their parents as full investigations revealed way more than the tip of the iceberg that I had seen.
I will never regret doing the right thing for those children.

I will 100% reported I wanted to check I wasn’t being an unreasonable ex because if they know it’s me they will certainly use that!

I’m minded just to stop contact now as it’s reAlly worried me and just be honest about why?

If I were to report would they share my details?

Create a new email address make a report to the nspcc they will respond and ask for further details im assuming those child has had school friends around? Or contact with outside people? Tweak the story so it excludes you as a suspect

But I’m now thinking I need to do something to protect my child immediately and stop contact so maybe I should just go back to court with this all

Call social services. You need to log the situation before you don't stick to contact. It's your responsibility to safeguard child A, so refusing visits while the situation is investigated would be reasonable even before you go back to court (or social services / the court could say you haven't acted in A's best interests etc). However, you need the evidence (with social services - ask them to send you record of the call in writing) of why you have chosen to do this. Then you can deal with the court situation (which will take time) without being at risk of not adhering to the court order.
I am not qualified to give this advice, so check it out, but have seen it written a lot on other forums involving similar situations with women who have been through it.
Separately, report the potential abuse that child B might be experiencing. You can do this via the school's DSL or social services. Even if this alone isn't significant, you never know what else is on the record that might mean your information becomes important.

I may have misunderstood your previous posts but if you have a court order in place and have had a judge or SS suggest they think you may be engaging in parental alienation, I would be exceedingly cautious about stopping contact.

I think it could easily be seen as you trying to manipulate the system rather than something real that should be investigated properly. And then your ability to protect your DC to the extent you currently can could be severely compromised.

Take legal advice before going against the court order.

You may need to restrict your action to anonymous reports and encouraging your DC to speak to someone at school/encouraging child B to speak to someone at school.

If there is a chance you will damage your standing with the court by reporting I think you have to be savvy rather than straight forward.

You can request to be anonymous 👤

Yes you report.

Its not your job to investigate or assess, the professionals do that and if there is no cause for concern the case will be closed, but you need to report.

Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility.